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Awesome movie. It tore my guts out as I had just lost my daughter to leukemia a year ago.What a tragic disease.But, having someone who walks with you through it ALL is such a "GIFT". It changes us all. And, never to be forgotten. They live on in us. We live life with more intention!Chemotherapy is such a devastating treatment to endure. We go in with so much hope that going through the treatment will end the nightmare; only to find out it didn't work.

Since I saw so many over the course of eight months not make it; I found no comfort in being there and watching so many life's going through the treatment and yet only to learn it wasn't enough to put it in arrest.

The movie is explicit, accurate and so true. What a great and true depiction of the raw reality of it.

I found comfort and felt hugged in my own grief.We can't imagine nor even begin to understand, but this movie paints it truly and includes the horrors of all those having to walk through this kind of ordeal. Children, spouses, parents, friends and medical staff.

Many lessons to be learned in the art of dying and comforting one another. We all get a chance to grow up a bit. And then....We continue on and they are no longer suffering.....Just those left behind.

We all have that one special person in our lives that we just wouldn't be the same without, and this movie really brings that home. Life is so bittersweet, yet so precious.

I won't sit here and spoil the film for you by spelling out every single detail, just suffice it to say it's a wonderful movie that will make you laugh, ugly cry, and feel all the more grateful for the ones in your life that you love so much that they are a part of you.

I love these two actresses but the story development in this movie was D-. I don't know if it was the writing or the editing, but it was hard to care about these two ladies. The montages were long, corny, and didn't make you feel anything; they were just like repeating over and over "these two women have been friends from childhood and one is an exhibitionist and the other one is quieter," not revealing anything that could make you feel the bond between them. Paper cut outs, not real people, you couldn't tell who they were. The husbands, even tho they were secondary characters, I "got" who they were more than I did the protagonists.

My wife rented this. Her notes are as follows..."Watch alone. There will be ugly crying (that's not a spoiler"). She was canning a batch of lemon curd while watching. I'll change her review to one star if that curd is made bitter by her tears. This is on you, Drew Barrymore. This is on YOU.

Not usually a big fan of Toni Collette, but I loved this movie. I am not a sap so when a movie can bring tears for me, it's a sign. Barrymore is good as usual, although she tends to stick to what she does best. She doesn't have a wide range of acting or just sticks to the same kind of funny/sad story comedies? Doesn't matter, it suits her. Good story, although it tends to follow the "Beaches" storyline, which is pretty common.

Get your tissues ready! What a stellar performance from all of the actors. I watched this movie knowing I would probably cry and not only did I cry, but I felt like I was part of the movie which is rare. What an amazing story of love and true friendship that endures even to the end.

I give this movie a 10 star,it was awesome..both girls did a fantastic job on there roles..the movie was very moving,my mother passed away with cancer and to know what she went through broke my heart,I was 6 years old when she died,my mother had 10 children that she had to leave behind,I couldn't imagine what she went through knowing she wouldn't be around to watch her children grow up.I cried through out the movie.my heart went out to her husband and children and especially her best friend,I have a best friend, she also lost her mother at the age of 8 years old in her arms.this movie is something that everyone should see,and I am going to tell my sisters that they all need to watch this movie and my friends as well,Drew Barrymore did an amazing awesome job in the movie and so did Toni Collette,you Toni did a beautiful job portraying your role,wow I was moved by both of you.Thank you both for being apart of this movie. Mary I Carman

If you liked "Beaches", you'll love this. That's all that needs to be said about this movie. If I had known what it was about ahead of time, I wouldn't have watched it. They did make an effort to keep things as light as possible, but it's difficult considering the subject.